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Compare your personal deductions across tax years and both Income Tax regions. To choose salary and dividends from company profit, start with the company calculator.
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The initial £12,570 salary is an editable illustration, not a salary recommendation. Income from outside the company occupies your Personal Allowance and tax bands before this company's salary and dividends, so it changes which bands the company income falls into. Employee National Insurance is estimated on the company salary only.
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2026/27 examples for England, Wales or Northern Ireland. Open one to change the amounts or switch to Scotland.
See Income Tax and employee National Insurance without dividend income.
Estimated personal deductions: £10,480.40Load this example Dividend only£40,000 dividendSee how the Personal Allowance and dividend allowance apply without salary.
Estimated personal deductions: £2,894.98Load this example Salary and dividend£12,570 salary + £40,000 dividendSee salary occupy the allowance before the dividend crosses tax bands.
Estimated personal deductions: £4,821.25Load this exampleThese examples exclude employer National Insurance and Corporation Tax. Use the company calculator when choosing how to extract profit from a limited company.